Genes, the environment and personalized medicine: We need to harness both environmental and genetic data to maximize personal and population health

Affiliations

¹ Department of Medicine, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada.
² School of Population and Public Health University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada.
³ Department of Molecular Biology and Biochemistry, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, BC, Canada.
⁴ Environment Canada, Toronto, ON, Canada.
⁵ Department of Medical Genetics, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada.
⁶ AllerGen NCE: the Allergy, Genes, and Environment Network, a Canadian Network of Centres of Excellence, Hamilton, ON, Canada.
⁷ Department of Health Sciences, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, BC, Canada.
⁸ Department of Medicine, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada.

Editorial

Chris Carlsten et al. EMBO Rep. 2014 Jul.

. 2014 Jul;15(7):736-9.

doi: 10.15252/embr.201438480. Epub 2014 Jun 6.

¹ Department of Medicine, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada.
² School of Population and Public Health University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada.
³ Department of Molecular Biology and Biochemistry, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, BC, Canada.
⁴ Environment Canada, Toronto, ON, Canada.
⁵ Department of Medical Genetics, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada.
⁶ AllerGen NCE: the Allergy, Genes, and Environment Network, a Canadian Network of Centres of Excellence, Hamilton, ON, Canada.
⁷ Department of Health Sciences, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, BC, Canada.
⁸ Department of Medicine, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada.

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